What Are Human Sciences?

　 Humanity is an extremely attractive field of study for all who love
learning. Knowledge of humanity is also most important for humankind
as a whole. This is why every domain of science has undertaken human
inquiry. The natural sciences investigate the structure and workings of the
body as a biological phenomenon and the treatment of disease and injury.
The social sciences examine the economic and political behavior of human
beings as social animals. The humanities study the cultures and thought
systems created by human beings.
　 　
　 All these fields have brought great happiness to humankind, but each
reveals only one aspect of the human condition. Today people are beginning
to say that an integrated approach to research is needed for a holistic knowledge
of;humanity. Thus, human inquiry calls for distilling the accumulated wisdom of
the natural and social sciences and the humanities. Human sciences, building on
this understanding, marshal the findings of all three fields and adopt an ntegrated
and interdisciplinary approach to the study of humanity.
　 　
　

What distinguishes University of Human Arts and Sciences is its holistic
approach to the study of humanity from three angles: the mind, that which makes
human beings human, with the focus on individual psychology: the body, with
the focus on biology; and culture, a human construct that has in turn defined
humanity over the ages. These fields of study encompass the full gamut of human
endeavor, but the college emphasizes its manifestations in such areas as society,
culture, technology, education, and medicine, addressing humanity as a totality.


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